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World Bank, IAEA partner to fund nuclear energy
The World Bank and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement last week to cooperate on the construction and financing of advanced nuclear projects in developing countries, marking the first partnership since the bank ended its ban on funding for nuclear energy projects.
K. Venugopal Chetty, P. M. Mapara, A. G. Godbole, Rajendra Swarup
Nuclear Technology | Volume 127 | Number 2 | August 1999 | Pages 233-237
Technical Note | Reprocessing | doi.org/10.13182/NT99-A2998
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An electrocatalyzed process has been described for the dissolution of plutonium from the contaminated neoprene gauntlets used during the fabrication of plutonium-bearing fuels. Agents Ag(II) and Ce(IV) were used as catalysts. The results indicated that it was possible to leach out plutonium satisfactorily from such contaminated neoprene gauntlets. The problems involved in processing with Ag(II) and the limitations of the process are also discussed. Further, plutonium was separated from the leached solution by solvent extraction using di-2-ethylhexyl phosphoric acid as the extractant.
